The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury as he was chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team on Saturday at the world championships.

Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screamed and stumbled as he came down with his golden farewell shattered by the first injury he has experienced at a major competition.

That wasn’t the only surprise. Britain went on to beat the United States in a tight finish.

The 60,000-capacity stadium was primed for one last Bolt show, one last “To the World” pose after a victory, but the injury made it blatantly clear why Bolt is ready to retire. His body can no longer hold up.

His teammates on the once-fabled Jamaican sprint squad were far from unmatchable, too. Bolt had just too much to make up in the final 100 meters as both Britain and the United States were ahead and even Japan was even.

As Bolt fell to the ground, the leg with the golden shoe giving way, the crowd still went wild because the home team went on to win gold in 37.47 seconds, .05 seconds ahead of the United States.

It was yet another amazing upset in a championship of so many.

Before Bolt came onto the track, he was consoling Mo Farah, his long-distance equivalent who had just lost his first major race since 2011 when he failed to get gold in the 5,000 meters.

Farah also was bidding farewell to the track, coming up short of his fifth straight 5,000-10,000 double at major championships in a sprint against Muktar Edris Ethiopia.

“I gave it all,” Farah said. “I didn’t have a single bit left at the end.”

GALLERY: Highlights from the 2017 IAAF world track and field championships

United States Justin Gatlin embraces Tori Bowie after the men's 4x100 relay final in which the USA took the silver medal during the World Athletics Championships in London Aug. 12. Bowie won gold in the women's 4x100.
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Emma Coburn (USA) and Courtney Frerichs (USA) take a victory lap with United States flags after placing first and second in the women's steeplechase in a championship record 9:02.58 and 9:03.77 during the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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Phyllis Francis takes a victory lap with the United States flag after wining the women's 400-meter race in 49.92 seconds during the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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The U.S.'s Sam Kendricks takes a victory lap with a United States flag after winning the pole vaultduring the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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Sam Kendricks of the U.S. and Renaud Lavillenie of France embrace after placing first and third in the pole vault during the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk defeats Steven Gardner of Bahrain to win the 400 meters at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics at London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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Faith Kipyegon of Kenya sprints down the homestretch on her way to gold in the 1,500. Jenny Simpson of the USA would pass Laura Muir of Great Britain and Sifan Hassan of Netherlands to take silver.
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The medalists in the 100 (decided on Day 3), left to right, Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast (silver), Tori Bowie of the USA (gold) and Dafne Schippers of Netherlands (bronze).
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Bottom to top, Reece Prescod of Great Britain, Justin Gatlin of the USA (gold), Yohan Blake of Jamaica, Akani Simbine of South Africa, Christian Coleman of the USA (silver), Usain Bolt of Jamaica (bronze), Jimmy Vicaut of France and Bingtian Su of China at the finish line of the 100.
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Kara Goucher of the USA, left, wipes away a tear as she stands with Britain's Jo Pavey on Day 2. Goucher, silver, and Pavey, bronze, received reallocated medals for the women's 10,000 at the World Championships in Osaka in 2007. The original silver medalist was stripped of her medal because of a positive doping test.
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Francena McCorory, Ashley Spencer, Natasha Hastings and Jessica Beard of the USA pose with their gold medals which they received during the IAAF World Championships in London, after being promoted from second place to first for their performance in the women's 4x400 relay from the 2013 world championships.
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